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UPDATE: Bluffton High School on lockdown, one arrest made

Bluffton High School was on lockdown Wednesday morning along with the two nearby schools which entered a modified lockdown around 8 a.m., said Jim Foster, school district spokesman.

Authorities are saying a student took a bag of weapons to the school. They are not specifying what types of weapons the student took there. The bomb squad is also at the school.

Bluffton police said a student has been arrested and that no one had been injured, but did not provide further details. An official statement is expected soon.

Bluffton Police Department along with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and some assistance from Beaufort County Sheriff’s Department are conducting a more thorough search at Bluffton High School.

A 17-year-old male student is in custody, after he told a teacher this morning that he had weapons on himself, Debbie Szpanka, Beaufort County public information officer said.

The teachers along with guidance counselors alerted authorizes and the student was taken into custody.

While it is always concerning when there is potential threat against students and/or schools, it is also reassuring that when threats occur, everything went smoothly with the procedures and were executed very well today, Szpanka said.